An Iraqi Shi'ite man beats his back with metal chains during the religious festival of Ashura outside the holy shrine of Imam al-Hussein in the city of Kerbala, south of Baghdad, February 13, 2005. Iraq has announced it will close its land borders from Thursday to try to prevent a flood of foreign pilgrims arriving for Ashura, one of the holiest events in the Shi'ite calendar, when millions of people converge on shrines in Iraq. REUTERS/Ceerwan Aziz HH/SM